# promesa
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Medieval Latin, Vulgar Latin prōmissa (“promise”), from Latin prōmissum (“promise”), from promittō (“I send forth; I promise”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾoˈmesa/ [pɾoˈme.sa]
* Rhymes: -esa
* Hyphenation: pro‧me‧sa

### Noun

promesa f (plural promeses)
* promise

#### Related terms

* prometer

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish promesa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾoˈmesa/ [pɾoˈme.sa]
* Rhymes: -esa
* Hyphenation: pro‧me‧sa

### Noun

promésa (Basahan spelling ᜉ᜔ᜍᜓᜋᜒᜐ)
* promise
    Synonym: panuga

#### Derived terms

* ipromesa
* magpromesa
* promesahan

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin prōmissa, plural of prōmissum (“promise”) (reinterpreted as a feminine singular), perfect passive participle of promittere (“promise, send forth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pɾuˈmɛ.zə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pɾoˈmə.zə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾoˈme.za]
* Rhymes: -ɛza
* Hyphenation: pro‧me‧sa

### Noun

promesa f (plural promeses)
* promise

#### Related terms

* prometre

### Participle

promesa f sg
* feminine singular of promès

### References

* “promesa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “promesa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish promesa (“promise”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾoˈmesa/, [pɾoˈme.sa]
* Rhymes: -esa
* Hyphenation: pro‧me‧sa

### Noun

promesa (plural promesas)
* promise

#### Related terms

* promete

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* promessa (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese promessa, from Medieval Latin, Vulgar Latin prōmissa (“promise”), from Latin prōmissum (“promise”), from promittō (“I send forth; I promise”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾoˈmɛsa/ [pɾoˈmɛ.s̺ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɛsa
* Hyphenation: pro‧me‧sa

### Noun

promesa f (plural promesas)
* promise
* vow

#### Related terms

* prometedor
* prometer
* prometido

#### Further reading

* “promesa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French promesse. First attested in 1830.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prɔˈmɛ.sa/
* Rhymes: -ɛsa
* Syllabification: pro‧me‧sa

### Noun

promesa f
* promise (promise to perform a specific action or provide a specific performance) [with na (+ accusative) ‘to do what’]
    Hypernym: obietnica
* (law) commitment by a state authority to issue a specific decision after the interested party has completed the appropriate formalities (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
* (finance) promissory note [with na (+ accusative) ‘for what amount of money’]

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “promesa”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “promesa”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “promesa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Wiadomości Handlowe (in Polish), number 21, 1830 February 20, page 94

### Further reading

* promesa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “promesa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 1013
* promesa in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾoˈmesa/ [pɾoˈme.sa]
* Rhymes: -esa
* Syllabification: pro‧me‧sa

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *prōmissa (“promise”) (attested in Medieval Latin per Du Cange), from Latin prōmissum (“promise”), from promittō (“to send forth; to promise”).

#### Noun

promesa f (plural promesas)
* promise
    Synonym: promisión

##### Related terms

* prometer

##### Descendants

* → Chavacano: promesa

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

promesa
* inflection of promesar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “promesa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10